Pua Pei Ling

In the 2023 Selangor state election, Pua made her electoral debut after being nominated by PH to contest the Bukit Lanjan state seat. Pua won the seat and was elected to the Selangor State Legislative Assembly as the Bukit Lanjan MLA after defeating Muniraa Abu Bakar of Perikatan Nasional (PN) by a majority of 41,227 votes.^[3]

During the campaigning period of the election, Pua created a slogan of the Chinese language, namely "认真做事，贴近民心", literally 'do things seriously, be close to hearts of the people'. She noted that Bukit Lanjan is the state seat with the highest proportion of Chinese voters in the ethnic demographics of voters that her party PKR contested, followed by Rawang and Kajang. She also said the Seri Damansara voters have complained to her about the issue of illegal stalls that affected the traffic. She also stressed that during her tenure as a development officer, she was constantly paying attention to road safety and street lighting issues in new villages, and she was a firm believer that a safer home leads the residents to higher quality of life.

As the Bukit Lanjan MLA, Pua used her experience as a development officer and MLA assistant that turned her into a bridge and connection of communication between the local government and people and pledged to seek advice from her predecessor Elizabeth Wong Keat Ping, push for the development of Bukit Lanjan, keep a good relationship with aboriginal people, explain the latest political situation to the voters, make road traffic safety, community development, needs of the Malays and people of other races, youngsters and women her priorities, take good care of Bukit Lanjan and carry out the work of Bukit Lanjan MLA well.^[4][5] In addition, Pua also revealed that she was ready to face the higher demands by the people if PH was reelected to power.^[6]

On 16 November 2023, she urged all Selangor MLAs to donate RM 5,000 respectively to the Selangor Assembly Donation Fund that was set up to aid and support by providing the daily necessities for the Palestinians who were suffering as a result of the Gaza war.^[7]